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Acted for Diffusion Métromédia CMR Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment Inc., in the successful representation before the Québec Court of Appeal, and is now representing Diffusion Métromédia before the Supreme Court of Canada. Davies obtained the dismissal of a class action filed on behalf of a group of Montréal-based taxi drivers whose mother tongue is Creole or Arabic with respect to comments made by a former radio host while he was an employee of Diffusion Métromédia. |
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2008 |
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The Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the judgment of the Superior Court in the case of Option Consommateurs v. Novopharm et al. by unanimously dismissing the appeal by a consumer advocacy group. The group had sought court authorization to proceed with a $3.9 billion class action against manufacturers of generic medications in relation to allegations of improper pricing of medications subsidized under the provincial drug insurance system. Davies represented Pharmascience Inc., a major drug manufacturer. |
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2008 |
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Acted pro bono before the Supreme Court of Canada in the landmark case of Bruker v. Marcovitz where damages were awarded for the failure to respect a contractual promise to provide a jewish divorce. Davies advised the plaintiff Stephanie Bruker. |
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2007 |
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Defence of a generic drugs manufacturer against a multi-million dollars law suit filed by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec for the reimbursement of alleged rebates paid to pharmacists (before the Superior Court of Québec). |
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2004 |
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Successfully represented Pharmascience in its defence of a multi-billion dollar class action filed against eight generic drug manufacturers for the reimbursement of alleged rebates paid to pharmacists and a challenge to the new provisions of the Québec Code of Civil Procedure relating to the authorization of class actions, based on the Québec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. |
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2004 |
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